My lovely book ...................

When I was in London Kate bought me a present, it's a lovely story book called Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett - it's beautifully written and wonderfully illustrated.

The story is about a dull colourless town that gets a touch of colour and change of attitude with the help of a box of yarn and a girl named Annabelle. From the seemingly endless box of Extra Yarn Annabelle knits clothing for everyone around her, tempering the ill-tempered, and creating beautifully patterned warmth for people, animals, and objects, alike. When a greedy clothes-loving archduke tries to buy--then steal--the box for himself, he discovers that ill-gotten gains bear no fruit--or in this case, yarn. 

Kate had written me a little message inside the book - it hasn't photographed very well but I hope you can read it - it's so lovely .................

I love the idea of knitting people happy, I would love to be Annabelle. 

Annabelle

I hope you get a chance to read the story-  it has made me think that sometimes it doesn't take very much to make people happy and little things can have a big impact - some of the time.

Keep knitting

talk soon Sue x